Hattie Pierce Lane Maxson, daughter of Harrison and Sarah Esther Pierce, was born at Dodge Center, Minn., May 29, 1877, and died in Porter Sanitarium, Denver, Colo., December 24, 1959.
The family settled in North Loup, Neb., when she was a child, and there she grew to womanhood, and was married to William Hascall Lane at Ord, Neb., March 8, 1899. They went to Cherokee, Okla., in 1902, but went back to Nebraska by covered wagon in 1912, and settled on a homestead in the Wild Horse community north of Bayard. They later lived in Gering and Scottsbluff, that state.
Two children and the husband preceded her in death. Four sons and two daughters survive. W. L. Lane, Lander, Wyo.; Everett, Erlo, and Fred, of Scottsbluff; Mrs. N. E. (Rue) Collett, Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. E. T. (Ruth) Babcock, Santa Ana, Calif.
Mrs. Lane was married to Deacon Lyle E. Maxson of Englewood, Colo., Aug. 12, 1954, who survives with his children, to whom she was a beloved "aunt" - stepmother. There are also twenty grandchildren, forty-six great-grandchildren, and one great, great-grandchild.
The funeral was conducted by Pastor Emeritus Erlo E. Sutton of the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church, in the Olinger Mortuary, Englewood, Colo., with interment later at Scottsbluff, Neb. E. E. S.
